Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album)

Wish You Were Here is the second studio album of American country music artist Mark Wills. Released on May 5, 1998, on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, all of which made top 10: "I Do (Cherish You)", "Don't Laugh at Me", "Wish You Were Here", and "She's in Love". The album itself peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts and #74 on The Billboard 200. It also received RIAA platinum certification for U.S. sales of one million copies.

Wish You Were Here
Studio album by
Mark Wills
ReleasedMay 5, 1998 (1998-05-05)
GenreCountry
Length38:13
LabelMercury Nashville
ProducerCarson Chamberlain
Mark Wills chronology
Mark Wills
(1996)		 Wish You Were Here
(1998)		 Permanently
(2000)
Singles from Wish You Were Here
  1. "I Do (Cherish You)"
    Released: February 23, 1998
  2. "Don't Laugh at Me"
    Released: July 13, 1998
  3. "Wish You Were Here"
    Released: January 11, 1999
  4. "She's in Love"
    Released: June 14, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The title track, which was the third release, became Wills's first Number One hit on the country charts in mid-1999. "I Do (Cherish You)" was later covered by 98 Degrees on their album 98 Degrees and Rising, from which it was also released as a single.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Think I Won't"Ted Hewitt, Rodney Atkins, Max T. Barnes2:31
2."Emily Harper"Lee Thomas Miller, Michael White3:23
3."Wish You Were Here"Skip Ewing, Bill Anderson, Debbie Moore4:00
4."She's in Love"Keith Stegall, Dan Hill4:42
5."Love Is Alive"Charlie Craig, Shane Teeters, Bruce Bouton2:50
6."Don't Laugh at Me"Allen Shamblin, Steve Seskin3:36
7."The Last Memory"Tony Martin, Sunny Russ3:26
8."Help Me Fall"Ewing, Donny Kees3:17
9."It's Working"Bob Regan, Barnes3:16
10."Anywhere but Memphis"Monty Criswell, Martin, Mark Wills3:34
11."I Do (Cherish You)"Stegall, Hill3:17

Personnel

Charts

References
  1. Wish You Were Here at AllMusic
  2. "Mark Wills Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  3. "Mark Wills Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  4. "Mark Wills Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  • Wish You Were Here (CD liner notes). Mark Wills. Mercury Records. 1998. 36317.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


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